Critical Care Management of Living Donor Liver Transplants.

Crit Care Clin

Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

Published: January 2019

This article represents a review of the postoperative management of donors and recipients after living donor liver transplant, including monitoring, liberation from mechanical ventilation, nutritional support, and pain control. Vascular complications, such as biliary and sepsis, and bleeding are also discussed. Finally, commonly used immunosuppression and antimicrobial prophylaxes are reviewed.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccc.2018.08.001DOI Listing

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